Sentence examples for divisive debate about from inspiring English sources

In 2007 the minority Liberal government of Jean Charest almost fell during a divisive debate about such issues.

Despite his new role as foreign minister, the FDP's leader, Guido Westerwelle, pushed for more tax cuts and started a divisive debate about welfare.

But there are several hurdles: With most voters fretting about the dour state economy and a budget crisis, the next governor may be uneager to plunge into a potentially divisive debate about same-sex marriage.

In 2012, it was a satirical painting of president Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, leading to a divisive debate about humiliating portrayals of black men versus the artist's right to criticise.

Delegates from more than 130 nations today adopted the first global treaty regulating trade in genetically modified products, setting up an international framework for the increasingly heated and divisive debate about foods made with biotechnology.

Writing in the foreword, Frances O'Grady, the TUC general secretary, says: "Big cuts to working-age social security benefits [over the past five years], combined with relative protection for some pensioner benefits, sparked divisive debate about intergenerational inequalities and whether the so-called baby boomer generation have been feather-bedded at the young's expense".

Talk to any computer science professor and you'll hear plenty of stories of bitter, divisive debates about this very issue within departments and across the entire community of computer science educators.

"Gone Girl" is the kind of divisive movie people will debate about long after it leaves theaters.

The BMA gathering will hold a potentially divisive debate on Thursday about the possibility of introducing charges for patients to see a GP.

So, to continue a divisive debate at this stage about 'who should pay?' for climate change is not rational as everybody - indeed the species as a whole - will pay for this failure.

Legal immigrants were also spurred to seek citizenship by worries about the divisive debate over immigration and by citizenship campaigns by Latino groups.